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1. ] LAST WEEK'S - RACE# 7 - WRAP UP - NRA 500 @ Texas Motor Speedway(MS) "event page" for all the stories related to this RACE including ...  
1. ] pre race - *] experts pick for this race, *] whos fast? - IN *] qualifying results, *] practice 1, ] practice 2 ] practice 3 (final)  *] Starting Line Up   
2. ] race - x] lap by lap breakdown of what happened in the race and when, x] links to VIDEO highlights of on track action and x] race highlights videos packages and more ...
3. ] post race - x] race results x] new points standings x] press conference, x] interview transcripts from some driver interviews, x] post race reports from some teams
2. [underdogs and overachievers]@ Texas Motor Speedway(TMS)  
1. ] Aric Almirola - 7th place, 14th in standings -  After a very good qualifying effort(3rd), Aric came home with the teams first top 10 of the season. An error entering his pit stall on the first caution dropped Aric back to the 19th position. Aric worked his way back up to the 7th spot by the lap 150 caution for debris. Like many Almirola battled handling problems all race long. Before he pulled down pit road for his final stop, Almirola told the Eckrich crew that the No. 43 Ford was much better. Parrott called for four tires and no adjustments. Clicking off another fast pit stop, the Eckrich crew returned the No. 43 back to the track in the eighth spot. Almirola restarted with 15 laps to go and Jimmie Johnson in his windshield. Problems with the No. 24 gave the No. 43 Eckrich Ford the seventh position. Racing hard for the sixth spot, Almirola kept Johnson in sight but did not have enough laps to make the pass.
1. QUOTE "We kept making adjustments on the car all night, getting it better and better, and then right there at the end when that caution came out that really hurt us. I think we were running sixth, and we had to take the wave around. I think we restarted back in 14th or 15th, so it was good for us to drive back up through there. I felt really good about our car. I wish we could have kept our track position. I think our night would have turned out a lot differently. I felt like we were a solid top-five car at the end of the race, but we just didn’t make that happen. Still, it was a great day, a great points day for us, and I feel really good about it.” 
2. POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
2. ] Brian Vickers - 8th place, 46th in standings(PT) - filling in for Denny Hamlin while he recovers from a back injury, started 15th tonight in the No. 11 but quickly climbed into the top ten and was running seventh when the first caution came out 40 laps into the race. Vickers would enter the top five before the handle on his No. 11 Camry began to change causing him to drop just outside the top ten about a third of the way into the race. Vickers would run 14th as the race reached halfway and he battled loose conditions once the sun set on the mile and a half speedway. The FedEx crew would make adjustments under a caution and picked up several spots in the process to restart 10th with 106 laps to go. Another caution with 56 laps to go would allow Vickers to restart fifth with 44 laps to go as several teams were caught in the pits when the caution came out. Vickers lost a couple spots on the restart and was running seventh when a caution came out with 20 laps to go. The FedEx team would put Vickers out sixth with 16 to go. He would go on to finish eighth. 
1. QUOTE “It was a great effort by everyone on this #11 FedEx team,” “Our car didn’t handle as well as we would have hoped, but the guys gave me great stops every time on pit road, and we were able to battle in the top-10 there at the end. It was great to work with Darian (Grubb, crew chief) and everyone on this team, and I’m already looking forward to next week at Kansas.”  "Tonight we were just loose in the long run. We had some runs where we were really fast, and right there with the 22 (Brad Two eights after eight hundred miles... not too shabby! )
2. POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
3. ] ARTICLE: Truex Jr fails postrace inspection BY:Bob Pockrass @: SportingNews.com
1. ] Bob notes that a similar infraction for Kyle Busch in 2011 cost Kyle 6 points and crew cheif a 25,000 fine. NASCAR will likely announce any penalties on Tue Apr 16
4. ] 2013-04-12 - NNS - RECAP - Race 6
1. ] TLDR Busch captures his 4th NNS victory of the season. Final Results - 54 Kyle Busch , 22 Brad Keselowski, 3 Austin Dillon, 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr, 33 Kevin Harvick, 18 Matt Kenseth, 7 Regan Smith 5 Kasey Kahne 20 Brian Vickers 31 Justin Algair ] Narrow misses - Kyle Larson spins and dodges a bullet and then almost hits safety truck after tire blows.
5. ] DID YOU KNOW we have RACE RECAPS(see description above) available for all the 2013 NASCAR RACES this season
1. 2013-02-24 Daytona 500 @ Daytona International Speedway(DIS)
2. 2013-03-03 Subway Fresh Fit 500 @ Phoenix International Raceway(PIR)
3. 2013-03-10 Kobalt Tools 400 @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway(LVMS)
4. 2013-03-17 Food City 500 @ Bristol Motor Speedway(BMS)
5. 2013-03-24 Auto Club 400 @ Auto Club Speedway(ACS)
6. 2013-04-07 STP Gas Booster 500 @ @ Martinsville Speedway(MS) 

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